It hasnt. Yet the camera continues to issue tickets. I think the county should refund the issue issued since the standard have changed. Chris a lot of ticket. This is one of the county east most profitable. In the past 14 months it has issued 4,600 tickets for nearly 350,000. I have a concern they were delays making the change because they didnt want to disrupt the ticket, the flow of tickets from the camera. The iteam contacted montgomery c transportation and the Police Department. But no one would go on camera to discuss this camera. We got an email. They said, the current timing meets the federal guidelines. The county executive office added avoiding a ticket is simple. Do not enter the intersection when the light has turned red. The Police Department department stated, even though the intersection is within the state and federal until the timing can be adjusted. But peggy says it is not enough. This absolutely should be voided. No way on the planet this is fair. Chris as far as the camera being retimed we are told it should happen by the end of the year. As far as 2 county repaying those who got a ticket here . We asked that question. We n larry great stuff. Tell us how 7 can be on your side . Call the tip line. Email us us. The finishing touches are going on at the new m. G. M. Casino at National Harbor. The big night. Tonight at 11 00, two years after the crews started working on the site. It will have an impact on Prince Georges economy and maryland economy and traffic. We have Team Coverage from inside to the roads outside. Lets begin with brad bell. High, brad. Brad we are inside the conservatory. Its decorated. A dozen cellos for the v. E. P. Party at 7 00. Its a big deal but it has been a long time coming. There was a saga that saw the legalization first of slot machines in maryland and table games. Then this. This comes at the end of a long saga for gambling in industry by miller. My vision was slots only at the racetracks. It wasnt until 2008 that maryland legalized slot machines at five locations around the state. Including maryland live at anne arundel mills. The existing casino insisted on the tax right to install table games. Millions were spent on rival campaigns to say no to question 7 campaign. It was bruising. The longest voyage i have been on in politics in the state of maryland and the most difficult. Brad question seven carried and the casino was allowed. What opens tonight in large part due to the vision of the peterson. This bothered a lot of people. This was a big change. Abandoned quarry site. Brad far from an abandoned quarry now. People are starting to gather for the v. I. P. Party that starts at 7 00. We will be back at 6 00 with much more to show you about the brand new resort casino at National Harbor at m. G. M. National harbor, brad bell, abc7 news. Larry thank you. We have gotten glimpses inside the casino in the last few days, Governor Hogan will be among several v. I. P. s getting inside before the grand opening. Tim barber picks up the Team Coverage inside. Tim let me set the scene for you where i am now. The stairs im standing on meet up to the lobby. You walk in the lobby and you come here to the grand at it trium. They are still getting ready, everything getting polished off. This is the conservatory. Its a spectacular Winter Wonderland display. There are tens of thousands of flowers here. If you walk in here, i want to show you how close the detail is here. Those are flowers. 70,000 flowers. If you look up, the 20story hotel. There are hundreds of dollars, ranging several thousand dollars. There are restaurants and a theater. Well have more at 6 00. That is the latest live at the casino. If you want to get a full look at the casino we have everything, all the images you need on the website, wjla. Com. Alison fancy. Go chain in your tuxedo. Well be watching. One of the concerns apt the casino is getting there. The traffic it will cause even for people who arent headed the chief of police sees five trouble spots. One of the trouble spots is 495. He is worried about traffic from virginia on the wilson bridge and traffic coming from north. Another road that is a big concern is 295. They want to avoid bottlenecks going to the casino. The main local road that folks can take to another concern 2 10, the police chief says plans are in place to keep as much casino traffic off indian head highway as possible. The final concern is National Harbor itself. The police will keep a close eye on the roads there including the ones that are part of Development Close to the potomac river. Now we are live driving around. Getting off at the indian head highway which i mentioned and front of us. Right now the casino itself is not creating a traffic jam. But that could change. Party at 8 00 that is invite only. But the big event grand opening at 11 00, a lot of people could be coming this way to get here. Reporting lifer from the road in Prince George live from the road in Prince Georges county. Alison we knew you were good but that was magic. That was great. Tonight at 1 00 and 1310 11 00, jaime jaime will be in mobiletrak7 to see if it gets bad at National Harbor. We think they probably will. She will have an update on the evening commute in 40 minutes. Larry folks heading to the casino may find they need a heavier coat when they leave. Stormwatch7s chief meteorologist doug hill is here to check on the big chill headed our way. Doug good advice. Live look from the National Harbor. Moving south. Cold front is passing through. Temperatures fall and the winds increase in velocity. A cold night reminiscent of february the last time it was this cold in area. It feels like 25 degrees in winchester. 236 in hagerstown 26 in hagerstown. Through the everything hours we expect the numbers to continue to fall. 42 and then 30s. We think the temperatures will be late tonight. You will make up in the morning 20s. The mid20s in most of the area. 36 at noon. 39 in the afternoon. And fielding colder because of the wind chill. We will take a look to the weekend and beyond coming up in seven minutes. Alison a legendary astronaut, senator and fighter pilot. Tonight the world is remembering john glenn. Glenn was the First American astronaut. He was 95 when he died today. Richard reeve is live at the Smithsonian Museum of air and spas with the news. Richard a lot of folks flocking here to see the mercury aircraft on display at the museum. An amazing life that john glenn was an astronaut. Politician. Look at the video. The stuff that made him famous. The right stuff as you saw glenn flew the friendship space capsule three times around the planet. It had never been done before. Two circles around the planet were in manual mode when he was having issues with the equipment. He is flying that spacecraft 162 miles above the planet its interesting, his flight, he was the third american in space is the one that people wanted to remember from the mercury program. That was the first flight in which an astronaut went into orbit. That was the achievement that equal what soviet union had done the year before. Richard folks may not remember he had issue with the heat shiel atmosphere. That complicated matters. He was the only astronaut ever in space, john glenn dead at 95. Reporting live, richard reeve, abc7 news. Larry thanks for that. What an icon. Coming up at abc7 news at 5 00 the search for the man who shot two Georgia Police killed in the firearm related death on the rise. Im amy aubert with the story coming up. Alison first, snow and cold sweep across the midwest in upper northwest. A new Charter School and a number of the residents here say they dont want in their neighborhood. That is next on abc7 news. Horace im Horace Holmes in the 7 on your side help center. 7032369220. We are talking apt your talking about your teeth. Ask the dentist. Accused of raping a woman in upscale potomac county home. We are in the courtroom today when ricky morris learned his fate. May 2015, ricky and a group of his friends drank to oblivion in downtown bethesda. At 3 00, the group crashed a friends home where he later entered a guest bedroom and incapacitated. Today at sentencing, 22yearold claimed he had no memory of the assaulted. The fact you want to get hammer and take advantage of another human being, there is no excuse and no safe harbor under the law for that. Prosecutors played a jailhouse phone call where he joked he pretended to be an alcoholic. Go to a. A. Meeting and talk addiction. I think it certainly didnt help. Defense attorney taken aback by his clients words. Did i like the answers . They were terrible for my client when i heard them. But he was talking privately for the girlfriend. Years in prison but prosecutors say even more impactful he will be on the sex offender registry until the day he die. In rockville, im kevin lewis, abc7 news. Larry a sad epilogue to inspiring story that will play out on national television. In august, a windy named Cindy Stowell qualifieded to appear on jeopardy. She called producer she was dying of stage four cancer and wanted to have her appearance moved up. She has passed away but she donated all of her winnings. Two people were killed in a 0car pileup in michigan this morning. In portland, oregon, the kids had the day off from school in anticipation of snow. A wind tunnel. The columbia winter gorge, a beautiful area but it packs a punch when it comes to wind. The truckers heading out on the route leer are in for a windy drive. They will be blown around a lot. Arctic air is blown in by the strong east winds. It acts like a freezer. It will cool down the entire metro area. We are expecting six inches of snow. It could turn into an ice event. Th we are expecting three inches of snow in the portland area. Doug interesting to see how cold it is in oregon. Its warmer here than it is in most of the country at this hour. A big outbreak of the arctic air overspreading the region. The cold front has come through. Now it will change for us. Do time lapse from the weather bug camera in northwest washington. A lot of clouds, sprinklals through the area after the sunset. This is a gorgeous image of the skies clearing. This is what we will deal with. The wind chill, feels like temperatures that are continuing to drop. 25 in winchester. The values will continue to drop for the remainder of the overnight hours. Air temperatures heading through the overnight in the metro. Down in the mid20s by morning. You can shave another eight or nine degrees off that friday morning. There will be plenty of sunshine. This kind of weather pattern here will crank up the snow effect of the lake effect snow. One area in particular that is always hit is in the buffalo area. Depending on the wind direction. There is the potential for enormous snow in areas here because of the sustained the future wind chill feel like 23 in the city. 158 in winchester and luray. 19 in baltimore. 17 in frederick. 19 degrees around Andrews Air Force base. Through the afternoon, it warms up a bit. Wind chill wise. But still a 15 to 20mileperhour gust will make it feel like the midtoupper 20s. Maybe 32 degrees in the city. We get through the overnight and saturday, a little change. Maybe not as windy but it will be j wind chills. Teens to the west and north of town. Low to mid20s in the metro area. A lot of cold air. This is the coldest air mass since february. That is the truth. Tomorrow is cold and blustery. A lot of sun. Highs to 39. Wind chills in the teens and the 230s. The winds will gust to 25 Miles Per Hour or higher. For the weekend, a breeze on saturday. Not as much. Sunshine and 39. The clouds will increase a slight chance of wintery mix late sunday night but the air will warm up rapidly. Overnight monday. As a result, we expect rain here. A look at the future cast. Most of what we have is rain. Warming is only temporary. Well show it in the tenday outlook. Milder on sunday. We will jump to 50 with rain on monday and we will start off with colder air. Colder air mass than thi thursday, friday. We will level off in the low 40s by next thursday. Alison you can change the taste with syrup. Larry its something that happens before the cart reaches your fridge that can impact your health. We will tell you what it is. How money from washington, d. C. Could have a major impact on a problem in virginia and across the country. Im Jeff Goldberg. What is coming up tonight on abc7. And now Jummy Olabanji has a look at what to expect tomorrow on good morning washington. Jummy thanks, alison. Its now hours before the new casino at National Harbor opens. Tomorrow on good morning washington, see how it came together for the grand opening. Get a glimpse of neverbeforescene part of the luxury gaming resort. Rogue one is about to hit the screens. You can call in to win tickets. Stay with us for traffi afoot and lighthearted i take to the open road. Healthy, free, the world before me, the east and the west are mine. The north and the south are mine. Larry 7 on your side fighting back against opioid addiction. Today, Jeff Goldberg find out how the move in d. C. Could provide needed help throughout the region. The day of celebration on capitol hill preceded we have been pushing very, very hard. Don is the father of kevin, a 26yearold from alexandria who died two years ago after overdosing on what he thought was heroin. Since that time they have been working with the resources. They need help. Yesterday as part of if 2 Congress Approved 1 billion in grant to help the states deal with the growing problem. As the parent of someone who struggled to get mariningful treatment, i believe that this will have a dramatic impact on saving lives. Jeff in virginia its been declared a Public Health emergency with the Overdose Deaths increasing 1520 a year. The money from washington will be distributed across the country to places like this. The city of alexandria center. There is a big realization this is a health problem. Suzanne is the assistant director at the center where they are filled to capacity and often have to turn away people in need. There are so many reasons that investing in this way is so helpful to the community at large. Jeff don knows that to be true. This will save lives now. Hell keep fighting for more. In arlington, Jeff Goldberg, abc7 news. News at 5 00 the Surgeon General sounds the alarm now on e cigarettes. Find out why he is issuing a warning. Horace give us a call in the 7 on your side help center. 7032369220. Any questions you may have about your teeth. Ask the dentist. Well be right back. Larry nearly 200 people lining up in the cold and throughout the night. Well tell you what they were waiting for. Alison but first a remindser for you, to make holidays bright for a local child. Donate a new unwrapped toy the toys for tots and you can do it easily right online. Larr look at that. Gorgeous picture. That where is the new mcchrystal where the m. G. M. Casino opens tonight. We will tell you about the traffic in the area. Alison should a lack of children in a neighborhood be a factor whether a new school is built there . Residents of southeast washington fort davis neighborhood says it definitely shoulder. D. C. Bureau chief sam ford went to the intersection of alabama and massachusetts avenues. Residents around massachusetts and alabama southeast woke up this morning to a demolition crew taking down an apartment building. To make way for a new public Charter School for rocketship, a company that built this school in another part of southeast. This is wrong. I dont care any way you look at it. Sam the neighborhood activists in the predominantly Senior Community says the lot is too small, under water tower and they dont want the traffic and the noise. They will bring the kids from somewhere e all of our kids are grown and gone. We dont even let grand children commod here and stay two days. Its quiet here. No record. No respect. Sam the focus of the ire is rocketship Jacque Patterson who says after demolishing two structures they will build 23 Million School for 700 children. I hope they understand education is important thing in District Of Columbia and there are people that do have kids that do want a school, sam he has been criticized how the bulldozer showed up without notice this morning. We asked the immediate neighbors if they heard anything about it. The woman here wouldnt go on television and said no. Heshe just heard the noise this morning and she is a nervous wreck. They will still face hurdles. Patterson is optimistic. There is need for the children. He is determined they will build the school but im will not be built on this square of land. Sam in southeast washington, im sam ford, abc7 news. Larry new developments to redevelop the mcmillan site. Today the d. C. Court of appeals stopped the work in its tracks. The panel vacated orders from the Zoning Commission saying it failed to address how the surrounding neighborhood. We are waiting for comment from the city. Alison hundreds of people camped out in near freezing temperatures last night just for the chance at Affordable Housing in the district. The line started this time yesterday for people hoping to get an appointment to try to apply for housing at the Woodbury Village apartments. This experience has been horrific. Its extremely cold out here. I feel like i am getting sick. The city should have a better way for us to receive Affordable Housing because staying out here over 15 to 20 hours is not a cool thing for a Senior Citizen or peop